News and notes from the area tracks and series

Joining Walton will be Rick Day, who has recently been added as the race director. Day will handle the race operations at the speedway, including the supervision of all speedway officials and the administration of all technical race operations.

Prior to his new job at CCS, Day was the former general manager and president at San Antonio Speedway. He also managed all three United States Racing Association touring series, Super Late Models, Modifieds and Trucks.

 A double-points race will be held tonight for the Pro Bracket Series at San Antonio Raceway. The race card will feature bracket racing in the Electronics, Footbrake and Junior Dragster classes.

The racing action begins at 5:30 p.m. with qualifying time trials. The elimination rounds begin at 7:30 p.m. For more information, visit the track’s Web site.

 T.Q. Jones, an Austin writer and media representative, will join Thunder Hill Raceway’s staff as the media and public relations director for the remainder of the 2007 racing season.

Racing at Thunder Hill Raceway will resume on August 11. The race card will feature the Pro Modifieds, Texas Truck Series and the A-Line Auto Parts Super Stocks. A total of seven classes will compete next weekend at THR.

Last weekend’s Operation Interdependence 75 was rained out and has been rescheduled for September 15 and will feature the Texas Super Racing Series.

 Two of Texas’ leading motorsports talk shows will return to the airwaves today on K-MAC Sports.com.

Dirt Track Insider, which is hosted by Sarge Masom, airs today at noon. To hear the show, visit this Web link.